[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"minerals:one:2368":3},{"id":4,"longid":5,"guid":6,"name":7,"shortcode_ima":8,"entrytype":9,"entrytype_text":10,"varietyof":11,"synid":11,"polytypeof":11,"groupid":12,"weighting":13,"nolocadd":14,"blacklisted":14,"mindat_formula":15,"mindat_formula_note":11,"ima_formula":16,"elements":17,"sigelements":25,"key_elements":26,"impurities":27,"cim":28,"ima_status":29,"ima_notes":11,"ima_history":11,"approval_year":11,"publication_year":32,"discovery_year":33,"strunz10ed1":34,"strunz10ed2":35,"strunz10ed3":24,"strunz10ed4":36,"dana8ed1":37,"dana8ed2":38,"dana8ed3":39,"dana8ed4":40,"csystem":41,"cclass":42,"spacegroup":43,"spacegroupset":44,"a":45,"b":44,"c":46,"alpha":44,"beta":44,"gamma":44,"aerror":47,"berror":11,"cerror":48,"alphaerror":11,"betaerror":11,"gammaerror":11,"va3":11,"z":48,"csmetamict":14,"commentcrystal":11,"twinning":11,"tranglide":11,"parting":11,"epitaxidescription":11,"morphology":49,"tlform":50,"hmin":51,"hmax":51,"hardtype":11,"vhnmin":44,"vhnmax":44,"vhnerror":11,"vhng":11,"vhns":11,"commenthard":11,"dmeas":52,"dmeas2":52,"dcalc":53,"dmeaserror":11,"dcalcerror":11,"commentdense":11,"lustre":11,"lustretype":54,"commentluster":11,"diapheny":55,"streak":56,"colour":57,"commentcolor":11,"colors":58,"streak_colors":61,"luminescence":11,"uv":11,"cleavage":62,"cleavagetype":63,"fracturetype":64,"tenacity":65,"commentbreak":11,"opticaltype":66,"opticalsign":67,"opticalalpha":44,"opticalalpha2":44,"opticalalphaerror":11,"opticalbeta":44,"opticalbeta2":44,"opticalbetaerror":11,"opticalgamma":44,"opticalgamma2":44,"opticalgammaerror":11,"opticalomega":68,"opticalomega2":69,"opticalomegaerror":11,"opticalepsilon":70,"opticalepsilon2":71,"opticalepsilonerror":11,"opticaln":44,"opticaln2":44,"opticalnerror":11,"optical2vcalc":44,"optical2vcalc2":44,"optical2vcalcerror":11,"optical2vmeasured":44,"optical2vmeasured2":44,"optical2vmeasurederror":11,"rimin":72,"rimax":73,"opticaldispersion":11,"opticalpleochroism":11,"opticalpleochorismdesc":11,"opticalbirefringence":11,"opticalcomments":11,"opticalcolour":11,"opticalinternal":11,"opticaltropic":11,"opticalanisotropism":11,"opticalbireflectance":11,"opticalextinction":11,"opticalr":11,"specdispm":11,"ir":11,"electrical":11,"magnetism":11,"thermalbehaviour":11,"other":11,"industrial":11,"occurrence":11,"otheroccurrence":74,"type_specimen_store":75,"description_short":76,"aboutname":77,"rock_parent":11,"rock_parent2":11,"rock_root":9,"rock_bgs_code":11,"meteoritical_code":11,"updttime":78,"reviewed_at":11,"variety_of":11,"varieties":79,"group_members":80,"associates":93,"confused_with":94,"type_localities":95,"occurrence_total":102,"citations":103,"images":166,"structures":314,"synonyms":327,"language_names":328,"wikidata_qid":362,"texts":363},2368,"1:1:2368:5","47f14dbc-41f1-43a2-9de9-51dd3eb5cabe","Leifite","Lf",0,"mineral",null,39349,1429,false,"(Na,H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O)Na\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>[Be\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Al,Si)Si\u003Csub>15\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>39\u003C\u002Fsub>]F\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","Na\u003Csub>7\u003C\u002Fsub>Be\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Si\u003Csub>15\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>39\u003C\u002Fsub>(F,OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>",[18,19,20,21,22,23,24],"Al","Be","Na","Si","O","F","H",[18,19,20,21,22,23],[19],"Ti,Fe,Mn,Zn,Mg,K,H2O","17.2.3",[30,31],"APPROVED","GRANDFATHERED",1915,"1915","9","E","25","78","7","10","1","Trigonal",11,84,"0","14.352","4.852",2,3,"Hexagonal prisms, acicular, striated to 3cm.","Prisms with a hexagonal to nearly circular cross section and strong lengthwise striations.  Masses, more or less loosely connected.  Crystals to 2 cm x 5 mm, but also needles or hairlike.  Poorly terminated.",6,"2.57","2.59","Vitreous,Silky","Transparent,Translucent","White","Colorless",[59,60],"colorless","white",[60],"Distinct on \u003Cmi>{10_10}\u003C\u002Fmi>","Distinct\u002FGood","Irregular\u002FUneven,Splintery","brittle","Uniaxial","+","1.511","1.518","1.5219","1.522",1.511,1.522,"Alkalic rocks","University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1915-1918. \r\nNational Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 136173.","Leifite Group. \r\nThe sodium analogue of Telyushenkoite and Eirikite.\r\n\r\nNote on the formula: the minor water content is located on a specific site (\"B\" site), not on the Na site (\"A\" site).","Named after Leif Ericson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson) (ca. 970 – ca. 1020) who was a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America (excluding Greenland), nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus.","2025-09-12 12:40:46",[],[81,87],{"id":82,"name":83,"entrytype":9,"csystem":41,"ima_formula":84,"mindat_formula":84,"hmin":51,"hmax":51,"dmeas":53,"dcalc":85,"primary_image_id":86},36060,"Eirikite","KNa\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Be\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Si\u003Csub>15\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>39\u003C\u002Fsub>F\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","2.577",7675,{"id":88,"name":89,"entrytype":9,"csystem":41,"ima_formula":90,"mindat_formula":91,"hmin":51,"hmax":51,"dmeas":92,"dcalc":92,"primary_image_id":11},25600,"Telyushenkoite","CsNa\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Be\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Si\u003Csub>15\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>39\u003C\u002Fsub>F\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","(Cs,Na,K)Na\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>[Be\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Si\u003Csub>15\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>39\u003C\u002Fsub>]F\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","2.73",[],[],[96],{"id":97,"txt":98,"latitude":99,"longitude":100,"country":101},1961,"Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland",61.0330556,-45.3777778,"Greenland",10,[104,107,111,115,119,123,128,132,137,141,145,149,153,157,162],{"id":105,"year":32,"html":106,"doi":11},16115027,"Bøggild, O.B. (1915): Leifit et nyt mineral fra Narsarsuk. Meddelelser om Grønland: 51: 427-433. ",{"id":108,"year":32,"html":109,"doi":110},103498,"Böggild, Ο. Β. (1915) Leifit, ein neues Mineral von Narsarsuk, Grönland. \u003Ci>Zeitschrift für Kristallographie\u003C\u002Fi>,  55 (1-6). 425-429 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1524\u002Fzkri.1915.55.1.425'>doi:10.1524\u002Fzkri.1915.55.1.425\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1524\u002Fzkri.1915.55.1.425",{"id":112,"year":113,"html":114,"doi":11},17198591,1953,"Bøggild, O. B. (1953) The Mineralogy of Greenland. \u003Ci>Meddelelser om Grønland\u003C\u002Fi> Vol. 149 (3) C.A.Reitzel",{"id":116,"year":117,"html":118,"doi":11},17057916,1970,"Micheelsen, H., Petersen, O. V. (1970) Leifite, revised, and karpinskyite, discredited. \u003Ci>Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark\u003C\u002Fi>,  20. 134-151",{"id":120,"year":121,"html":122,"doi":11},525882,1972,"Fleischer, Michael (1972) New mineral names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  57 (5-6). 1003-1006 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM57\u002FAM57_1003.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":124,"year":125,"html":126,"doi":127},212953,1974,"Coda, A., Ungaretti, L., Giusta, A. D. (1974) The crystal structure of leifite, Na\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>[Si\u003Csub>16\u003C\u002Fsub>Al(BeOH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>39\u003C\u002Fsub>]·1.5H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O. \u003Ci>Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  30 (2) 396-401 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1107\u002Fs0567740874002883'>doi:10.1107\u002Fs0567740874002883\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1107\u002Fs0567740874002883",{"id":129,"year":130,"html":131,"doi":11},16115020,1979,"Khomyakov, A.P., Bykova, A.V., Kaptsov, V.V., Ye, S. (1979) New data on Lovozero leifite. New Data on the Mineralogy of Deposits in Alkaline Formations (Ye. I. Semenov, ed.). Institut Mineralogii, Geokhimii I Kristallokhimii Redkikh Elementov, Moscow, Russia: 12-15.",{"id":133,"year":134,"html":135,"doi":136},1120238,1985,"Liebau, Friedrich (1985) \u003Ci>Structural Chemistry of Silicates\u003C\u002Fi>. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002F978-3-642-50076-3'>doi:10.1007\u002F978-3-642-50076-3\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002F978-3-642-50076-3",{"id":138,"year":139,"html":140,"doi":11},12908384,1990,"Horváth, László, Gault, Robert A. (1990) The Mineralogy of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. \u003Ci>The Mineralogical Record\u003C\u002Fi>, 21 (4) 281-359",{"id":142,"year":143,"html":144,"doi":11},17057847,1994,"Petersen, O. V., Rønsbo, J. G., Leonardsen, E. S., Johnsen, O., Bollingberg, H., Rose-Hansen, J. (1994) Leifite from the Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. \u003Ci>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte\u003C\u002Fi>,  1994 (2) 83-90",{"id":146,"year":147,"html":148,"doi":11},16671063,1995,"Larsen, Alf Olav, Åsheim, Arne (1995) Leifite from a nepheline syenite pegmatite on Vesle Arøya in the Langesundsfjord district, Oslo Region, Norway. \u003Ci>Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift [Norwegian Journal of Geology]\u003C\u002Fi>,  75 (4) 243-246 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fnjg.geologi.no\u002Fimages\u002FNJG_articles\u002FNGT_75_4_243-246.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":150,"year":151,"html":152,"doi":11},16145961,2000,"Hochleitner, Rupert; Weiß, Stefan; Horváth, Lázló (2000) Steckbrief: Leifit [Profile: Leifite]. \u003Ci>Lapis\u003C\u002Fi>,  25 (7-8). 9-11;86",{"id":154,"year":155,"html":156,"doi":11},16965549,2001,"(2001) Leifite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fleifite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":158,"year":159,"html":160,"doi":161},63594,2002,"Sokolova, E., Huminicki, D. M.C., Hawthorne, F. C., Agakhanov, A. A., Pautov, L. A., Grew, E. S. (2002) The crystal chemistry of telyushenkoite and leifite, ANa6[Be2Al3Si15O39F2], A = Cs, Na. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  40 (1) 183-192 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.40.1.183'>doi:10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.40.1.183\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fcm\u002Fvol40\u002FCM40_183.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.40.1.183",{"id":163,"year":164,"html":165,"doi":11},17737830,2005,"Yakovenchuk, Victor, Ivanyuk, Gregory, Pakhomovsky, Yakov, Men'shikov, Yury, Wall, Frances - \u003Ci>Ed.\u003C\u002Fi> (2005) \u003Ci>Khibiny\u003C\u002Fi>. Laplandia Minerals.",[167,177,185,193,200,206,216,222,228,235,243,250,256,263,270,277,283,290,296,305],{"id":168,"source_url":169,"license_code":170,"credit_html":171,"title":172,"description":173,"author":174,"original_width":175,"original_height":176},14303,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151629","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151629\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-177533.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.8 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A superb cluster of translucent, 3-dimensional leifite crystals of the most desirable habit - showing real terminations instead of merging into an acicular mess as some styles do. Ex. Carlton Davis Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",717,800,{"id":178,"source_url":179,"license_code":170,"credit_html":180,"title":181,"description":182,"author":174,"original_width":183,"original_height":184},14304,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151933","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151933\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-177920.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4 x 3.5 x 2.75 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A fine miniature with adamantine lustre, translucency, and a very high visual appeal. The size of the radial spray is extremely large for the species, particularly in such fine form. Ex. Gilles Haineault and Eric Asselborn Collections.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",700,671,{"id":186,"source_url":187,"license_code":170,"credit_html":188,"title":189,"description":190,"author":174,"original_width":191,"original_height":192},14306,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10400333","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10400333\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-zr4c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.4 x 4.3 x 4 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Leifite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An aesthetic miniature featuring a perfectly centered 2.2 cm radial spray of euhedral leifite crystals. 4.4 x 4.3 x 4 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",351,309,{"id":194,"source_url":195,"license_code":170,"credit_html":196,"title":197,"description":190,"author":174,"original_width":198,"original_height":199},14307,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10400335","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10400335\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-zr4b.jpg",400,373,{"id":201,"source_url":202,"license_code":170,"credit_html":203,"title":204,"description":190,"author":174,"original_width":176,"original_height":205},14308,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10400339","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10400339\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-zr4a.jpg",722,{"id":207,"source_url":208,"license_code":209,"credit_html":210,"title":211,"description":212,"author":213,"original_width":214,"original_height":215},14310,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=34975701","CC BY-SA 4.0","Strickja, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=34975701\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite 2951-03.jpg","Leifite with serandite and manganese oxides from Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada","Strickja",2240,1680,{"id":217,"source_url":218,"license_code":170,"credit_html":219,"title":220,"description":221,"author":174,"original_width":183,"original_height":184},64199,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10447470","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10447470\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-ea11a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mt St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4 x 3.5 x 2.75 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Leifite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A truly oustanding miniature with adamantine lustre, translucency, and a very high visual appeal. The size of the radial spray is extremely large for the species, particularly in such fine form! Ex. Gilles Haineult.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":223,"source_url":224,"license_code":170,"credit_html":225,"title":226,"description":227,"author":174,"original_width":175,"original_height":176},64201,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460859","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460859\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-rare08-2-51a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 1.8 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Leifite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A superb cluster of translucent, 3-dimensional leifite crystals of the most desirable habit - showing real terminations instead of merging into an acicular mess as some styles do. These crystals were found , in this habit, only a few times at this productive locality and this is a world class thumbnail example from the colleciton of my own mentor, Carl Davis, who specialized in such rarities.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":229,"source_url":230,"license_code":170,"credit_html":231,"title":232,"description":227,"author":174,"original_width":233,"original_height":234},64202,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460860","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460860\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-rare08-2-51b.jpg",790,594,{"id":236,"source_url":237,"license_code":170,"credit_html":238,"title":239,"description":240,"author":174,"original_width":241,"original_height":242},14305,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162511","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162511\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Serandite-Leifite-223828.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FS%C3%A9randite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sérandite\">Sérandite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.5 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A classic, sharp, glassy, orange serandite crystal aesthetically set on a shard of matrix covered with smaller serandites, black manganoneptunite and white leifite crystals from the Poudrette Quarry at Mt. St-Hilaire, Quebec. Very highly representative of the rare species in combination and world-famous locale.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",600,435,{"id":244,"source_url":245,"license_code":170,"credit_html":246,"title":247,"description":248,"author":174,"original_width":249,"original_height":241},64197,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164954","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164954\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-Serandite-238745.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FS%C3%A9randite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sérandite\">Sérandite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.8 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This alkali massif has produced an incredible number of uncommon to very rare minerals. Among the world’s best are leifite and serandite which were found together in a famous pocket in the late 1980’s. This matrix specimen is highlighted by translucent, salmon-colored serandite crystals to .5 cm across which are topped by spheroidal aggregates of lustrous, ivory colored leifite to 2.5 cm across. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",575,{"id":251,"source_url":252,"license_code":170,"credit_html":253,"title":254,"description":248,"author":174,"original_width":241,"original_height":255},64198,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164955","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164955\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-Serandite-238746.jpg",577,{"id":257,"source_url":258,"license_code":170,"credit_html":259,"title":260,"description":261,"author":174,"original_width":183,"original_height":262},1329,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174961","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174961\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-Ancylite-Aegirine-21351.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAncylite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ancylite\">Ancylite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAegirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aegirine\">Aegirine\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-14009.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This fine miniature is one of the most remarkable and attractive such pieces I have seen because of the well-balanced aesthetics. I have seen and had several of these treasured leifite spherical clusters, but none that had such pizzazz as a specimen, OVERALL, as this one does! The leifite cluster is 2 cm. From the noted rarities collection of German collector Paul Stahl. 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",562,{"id":264,"source_url":265,"license_code":170,"credit_html":266,"title":267,"description":268,"author":174,"original_width":198,"original_height":269},14309,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453548","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453548\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-Serandite-mrz336c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSerandite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Serandite\">Serandite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-123123.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 5.8 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Leifite and Serandite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This alkali massif has produced an incredible number of uncommon to very rare minerals. Among the worlds best are leifite and serandite which were found together in a famous pocket in the late 1980s. This matrix specimen is highlighted by translucent, salmon colored, serandite crystals to .5 cm across which are topped by spheroidal aggregates of lustrous, ivory colored leifite, to 2.5 cm across. This is among the more aesthetic of large leifite specimens I have seen and has a huge amount of this rare species present in significantly good crystals.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",311,{"id":271,"source_url":272,"license_code":170,"credit_html":273,"title":274,"description":275,"author":174,"original_width":241,"original_height":276},15345,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175096","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175096\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-Serandite-Manganoneptunite-34730.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FS%C3%A9randite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sérandite\">Sérandite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FManganoneptunite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Manganoneptunite\">Manganoneptunite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This remarkable, colorful, dramatic combination specimen was collected by Gilles Haineult and also a surprise to me at the show, in that I had thought all good ones from this pocket long sold. Moreover, I have never had one with such large leifite clusters ON contrasting serandite, nor have i seen such a fine specimen for sale with any dealership. The cluster shown in the closeup is 2.5 cm across! (that view is actually of the back left side of the specimen as shown in the whole photo). I think most people could agree that this particular pocket produced best of species for the mineral in terms of crystal size and aggregate size, and so to have a matrix example of such quality is rather significant. 5.6 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",437,{"id":278,"source_url":279,"license_code":170,"credit_html":280,"title":281,"description":268,"author":174,"original_width":282,"original_height":198},64200,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453547","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453547\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-Serandite-mrz336d.jpg",323,{"id":284,"source_url":285,"license_code":170,"credit_html":286,"title":287,"description":288,"author":174,"original_width":198,"original_height":289},64203,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10463236","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10463236\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-Neptunite-Serandite-sf41b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNeptunite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Neptunite\">Neptunite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSerandite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Serandite\">Serandite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 5.6 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Leifite, Serandite, Mangan-Neptunite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This remarkable, colorful, dramatic combination specimen was collected by Gilles Haineult and also a surprise to me at the show, in that I had thought all good ones from this pocket long sold. Moreover, I have never had one with such large leifite clusters ON contrasting serandite, nor have i seen such a fine specimen for sale with any dealership. The cluster shown in the closeup is 2.5 cm across! (that view is actually of the back left side of the specimen as shown in the whole photo). I think most people could agree that this particular pocket produced best of species for the mineral in terms of crystal size and aggregate size, and so to have a matrix example of such quality is rather significant.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",300,{"id":291,"source_url":292,"license_code":170,"credit_html":293,"title":294,"description":288,"author":174,"original_width":198,"original_height":295},64204,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10463238","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10463238\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leifite-Neptunite-Serandite-sf41a.jpg",291,{"id":86,"source_url":297,"license_code":298,"credit_html":299,"title":300,"description":301,"author":302,"original_width":303,"original_height":304},"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=32272444","Public domain","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=32272444\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Eirikite, Leifite-174735.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEirikite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Eirikite\">Eirikite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeifite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leifite\">Leifite\u003C\u002Fa> (The greatest diameter is about 2.5 cm)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>One of the moons of Jupiter as seen from the magic mountain.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>According to László Horváth (private communication), a CMN specimen from this find was found to have both eirikite and leifite. (But this particular specimen has not been analyzed.)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Regarding the color: This is a rather deeply colored example from this find. The color is fairly accurate. See Lapis July-August 200 p. 11 for an even more deeply colored example.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Modris Baum",981,1024,{"id":306,"source_url":307,"license_code":209,"credit_html":308,"title":309,"description":310,"author":311,"original_width":312,"original_height":313},64207,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=108540874","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=108540874\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite, leifite.jpg","rhocochrosite, leifiite : Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry ; Uni-Mix Quarry ; Desourdy Quarry ; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada","Géry PARENT",3662,2641,[315,322],{"id":316,"url":317,"label":318,"formula":319,"spacegroup":320,"year":321},7576,"\u002Fcif\u002F7576.cif","Armstrong 2010","Na6.2 K.46 Si15.34 Al2.66 Be2 O39 F2","P -3 m 1",2010,{"id":323,"url":324,"label":325,"formula":326,"spacegroup":320,"year":159},7577,"\u002Fcif\u002F7577.cif","Sokolova 2002","Si15.84 Al1.98 Zn.18 Be2 Na6.57 Cs.05 Rb.11 K.1 O39.63 F2 H1.26",[],[329,333,337,341,344,347,351,355,358],{"lang":330,"names":331},"ca",[332],"leifita",{"lang":334,"names":335},"de",[336],"Leifit",{"lang":338,"names":339},"eu",[340],"Leifita",{"lang":342,"names":343},"fr",[7],{"lang":345,"names":346},"it",[7],{"lang":348,"names":349},"nb",[350],"leifitt",{"lang":352,"names":353},"nl",[354],"leifiet",{"lang":356,"names":357},"nn",[350],{"lang":359,"names":360},"zh",[361],"白針柱石","Q946175",{"history":11,"applications":11}]